The Charles Family

Getting caught up

2011-04-20T11:23:00.001-07:00

Well, it's been nearly 6 months since I've updated the blog. I post everything on Facebook, so I have just stopped posting on my blog. Sorry! Jaden is doing great in school. He'll be sad when school is over next month. Carson has a best friend whom he met while waiting at school to pick Jaden up. She is the cutest girl! I'm pretty sure Jaden has a girlfriend, too, haha. Kami is crawling everywhere, pulling up on things and letting go, she's starting to cruise the furniture, and she can say Mama, Dada, more, dog, ball, I think grandma, and I swear she says brother and Jaden!

Kami sleeps funny sometimes (night before she was 9 months old)

Carson and Jaden both wanted Daddy's ties on (look at all that hair!!!)

Kami LOVES the trampoline!

Kami also loved her first cupcake!

Spaghetti!

Carson was trying to peddle his trike,

and Jaden does awesome with his bike!

Kami loved getting pushed in the car.

The boys got some pretty awesome hats!

Jaden learned how to bowl on the Wii, and he kicks butt!

And here's Kami (the poser) on her 10 month birthday (Sunday, April 17).

She loves giving the camera funny faces, lol.

And a random one of Jaden with Woody. He was sitting like this on the couch watching TV while I was taking 10 month pictures of Kamryn.

And here are a couple more videos. Kami sure does love her Jaden!

Jaden can read!...

2010-10-26T08:49:00.000-07:00

...Kind of. He has taught himself!

What are those?

2010-10-02T13:43:00.000-07:00

Chris and I both never agreed with people who pierce their infant's ears. We always said that if we ever had a girl we would let her choose. Well, we had a girl, and our minds instantly changed. We really wanted to get it done.

While my mom was with the kids and me at the mall, I decided that it was a good time to get Kamryn's ears pierced. I even had my mom hold Kamryn, because my tummy was feeling all sorts of woozy just thinking about it. I didn't want to cry, and I knew I would if I held Kamryn. Heck, I almost did, anyway, lol! She looks so cute! Excuse the picture quality, as 3 of the 4 pictures were taken from my phone.

You can't really tell, but the diamond is her birthstone, which is a light purple (but not lavender).

The lady who pierced Kamryn's ears did a perfect job on her left ear. She only had to make one mark with her pen, and the piercing is perfect

The right side, however, is making my OCD really come out. I had the lady re-mark Kamryn's right ear 3 times before it was where I liked it, and on top of all that, the lady pierced it at a downward angle. I don't want to take it, let it heal, then have it re-pierced, because I don't want to put Kamryn through that again...but my OCD is getting the best of me with how angled the piercing is. Tune in at a later date to see what I have chosen to do...

3 months!

2010-09-18T21:24:00.001-07:00

I was going to try and be good and post this yesterday, but i totally forgot! Kamryn turned 3 months old on September 17. I can't believe how fast time is flying. She's not quite rolling over yet, and she absolutely hates "tummy time." She does, however, love to stand up, and she likes her Bumbo and ExerSaucer. Here are a few pictures I took of her yesterday.

I'm quite a bit behind!

2010-09-16T10:24:00.000-07:00

So, I'm pretty far behind on my blogging. I upload everything to my Facebook, so I tend to forget about my blog. We have done a lot since my last blog!

Kamryn has found her thumb a few times, but prefers her binky.

She also falls asleep a lot when it's tummy time, because she hates it.

It has been a long time since Jaden let Carson up onto his bed at night, but it happened again, and it was still just as sweet :)

I truly believe Kamryn was trying to cover her ears. Her brothers were being super loud that morning!

Smiling at her star playing music.

She's such a mover in her sleep. Where the rolled up, pink blanket is - that was behind her back (laying on her right side) when I put her to bed, and this was her right before waking up the next morning.

She really does love that music playing star (and no, she wasn't reaching for it - just flailing her arms). Oh, and Kamryn was 2 months old this day!

We went to the fair, and Jaden got to ride a bigger ride!

Carson was able to ride a couple rides, too, but wasn't impressed.

Kamryn ready for a wedding!

I like how she has her fingers conjoined :)

I knew she was tired, so I gave her a binky. I left the room to throw away a diaper, and when I came back to the Living Room she turned her head into her lovie and was out cold.

First time in the saucer.

Carson promptly got right in it after I took Kamryn out of it.

Jaden then got right in it when Carson was done.

We went to the Space Needle

And Kamryn fell asleep

We went to the Aquarium

Jaden had fun getting lifted over the wood.

Kamryn passed out while we were waiting for our dinner to get served.

We went to a Seahawks game!

The boys got their hair sprayed blue and green.

We had two very tired boys...

...and a hungry Kamryn

We went to the zoo!

And this was Kamryn just two days ago.

And that catches us up!

Videos of Carson

2010-08-09T10:58:00.001-07:00

We had gotten a harness buddy for Carson, because he runs off absolutely everywhere! Well, in letting him have some freedom, he threw a fit when it was time to get in the car. This is the biggest tantrum I've ever seen him throw, and this is when he was a little calmed down! It took me at least 15 minutes to get him in his car seat and buckled.

And this is after a very long day with no nap. He just couldn't make it through dinner. He had been in the pool, swimming, for hours, along with playing in the bouncy house, and everything else that went on that day (lots of family over).

Carson is 2!

2010-08-03T11:55:00.001-07:00

I can't believe my "baby" is two! He absolutely loves Wubbzy, so even though we did a Wubbzy cake for Jaden's birthday, we went all out for Carson's (birthday supply-wise). We had all his friends over to swim and play in the bouncy house, and everyone had a great time!

Birthday Boy :)

Grandma was holding Kamryn, so that meant the boys had to get on Grandma's lap, too :)

Too much fun for Kamryn. She didn't even make it into the pool, lol.

Drawing

2010-07-24T09:55:00.000-07:00

Chris got up with the boys this morning to try and let me get some more sleep. Chris came into the bedroom to get some clothes and laid down on the bed with me. I then heard one of the boys coming upstairs. Jaden came into our bedroom wanting to show us what he drew! He's never drawn before, ever! How awesome are these drawings for his first time?! They all have glasses, too :)

He drew a tongue on this one and wanted me to take another picture :)

He's growing up so fast! Just this past week he started saying his "L's" instead of using the "W" sound, too!

Added after nap time - Jaden graduated from people to cars in just a few hours!

Kamryn is 1 month old?

2010-07-17T17:43:00.000-07:00

How did that happen? Where did the time go? It's all been a daze, but a good one. I don't have a lot of time to type right now, so here are some pictures I took of her today. I will post more pictures at a later time. :)

4th of July 2010

2010-07-05T08:41:00.001-07:00

Other than the weather being crappy for this time of year, we had a pretty good 4th. We dressed the kids up in their 4th of July outfits, and they were so cute!

The boys absolutely loved the fireworks! Carson was saying, "Boom! Boom!" every time one went off. Jaden was saying it, too, which is why I think Carson started saying it, but Carson was the one who kept saying it the whole time.

All about Kamryn

2010-06-27T19:21:00.000-07:00

I just can't stop taking pictures of Kamryn. :) Here are some pictures starting from where I left off on the blog I did on her arrival.

The nurse had taken her for pictures, and she came back with a bow :)

First day home! This was her coming home outfit.

We took her to Chris's parents' house so Papa could see her, and also the boys and Grandma :)

She has quite the grip!

All stretched out.

A little bit of a smile!

Her chubby "mean" face?

Kamryn Emily Charles

2010-06-17T23:12:00.001-07:00

I was scheduled for an induction Wed, June 16. My Dr said L&D would call me sometime Tuesday night to give me a time. Well, I couldn't wait for them to call me, so I called around 4pm. The nurse said they were behind on inductions this week, and that someone would call me when a bed/room became available. I got sleep that night, and I even fell asleep for my nap on Wednesday (something that hasn't happened in awhile - I just lay there never falling asleep). I decided to call L&D around 6:10pm to see how things were looking (the nurse Tuesday night said I could feel free to call anytime). The nurse who answered said they were on shift change, and that the lead nurse coming in would give me a call back. I get a call at 6:30pm from the lead nurse. She asks when I can come in. I was in shock! I was NOT expecting to get in Wednesday, let alone Thursday and maybe even Friday. I told her we could be there in about an hour. We put the boys' dinner, that they weren't eating, in a container to take to Chris's parents' house, packed their suitcase, and Chris packed his stuff (I had packed mine that morning). We drop the boys off at Chris's parents' house and head for the hospital.

We arrived at about 7:30pm. I got into my room, in my gown and into bed. The nurse did her routine stuff. It took her 3 times shoving the IV in my wrist (she didn't have to take it out and try again, she just had to keep "advancing," as she said - putting it in farther). When she went to start the saline and pitocin it burned like hell! I told her I don't remember it burning like that with my other two, and that it really hurt. Not a minute later I could see my wrist getting fatter. I could press on my arm and feel and hear the fluids swooshing around. It was so gross! She kept apologizing while she was taking it out. She put a new line in my other wrist, and it worked perfectly. Pitocin was finally started at 8:55pm (June 16th). She told me the Dr would come see me in a bit. He came in a few minutes later and told me that once my contractions got to a good rhythm (every 3 minutes, or so), that he would come in and break my water. After that the nurse upped the pitocin twice (once every 30 minutes). By that time the Dr came back in to break my water. He broke it at 10:40pm. He said there was a tiny bit of meconium, but nothing to worry about - it was very light. He let my water out slowly (that felt weird).

Around 11:45pm my contractions were about a minute apart and lasting about a minute - so pretty much back to back. I still wasn't wanting to scream in pain, so I held out on the epidural. When the first bag of saline was all gone (I had the nurse speed the drip up) I just went ahead and had her call the anesthesiologist, so I could get my epidural. Everything went great until he stuck the catheter in. It didn't want to work! He took it out, got another one, did the test dose, and the second one worked. By the time I got turned back the correct way to lay back down in bed, my left leg was sooooo numb. Turns out that after I got my epidural my contractions got farther apart. My nurse hadn't upped my pitocin since 9pm, so I asked her about it. She said the Dr wanted to see how things were going for a little bit longer.

After about 30 minutes the Dr comes in and puts 2 internal monitors inside of me (I had already gotten my catheter in...down there). Well, guess what? The power cord didn't work on them, lol, so the nurse went to find another. She finally upped my pitocin after awhile, because my contractions still weren't progressing.

So, at 2am I got my epidural, and I was only at 3-4cm. Got put on oxygen at 4:15am, because Kamryn's heart rate was dipping rather low. I thought maybe she had the cord around her neck just like Carson did. That's pretty much what everyone else thought, too. I got checked at 6:35am - new nurse - and I was only at 6cm. This was going slower than Carson. Baby's heart rate was doing much better, so I got to be off the oxygen for about 20 minutes.

The nurse came back in around 7am to check me, because Kamryn's heart rate was dipping again. She moved me to my left side, back to my right side, then finally stopped on my back, because baby was finally happy there. I was still 6cm. She checked me again around 7:15am, and I was 7cm. She then thought the rest was going to go by fast. She figured Kamryn was telling us something was up, and it was finally time for her to come out. She checked me again about 7:30, and I was still at 7cm. She checked me again at 7:40am, and I was 8cm. She checked me again at 7:50am, and I was 9cm. She checked me again at 8am, and she told me to push. She called the Dr, and he came in, got all dressed, and did his thing. My epidural had worn off around 6:30am, so I had pressed the button to get more - twice - before I started pushing. I felt EVERYTHING, and I didn't like it one bit! I didn't want to push, because everything hurt so bad. Dr said I was doing great, though.

8:08am (8 minutes after my first push), June 17, 2010, Kamryn Emily was born! She weighed 7 lbs 13 oz and was 19.5 inches long. They had asked me if I wanted baby on my chest when she came out, and I said yes. Well, when she came out they found out why she was in a little distress and not wanting to come down. Her cord was SUPER short! It might have been 12 inches. Chris cut the cord, and Kamryn was put on my belly for wiping off. Dr then asked if I had ever seen a placenta. I told him no. He made me look, lol. He explained what part was where, and he also showed me my bag of waters that had been ruptured. That was so weird!

Kamryn is doing great! She has a weird latch, so we're going to have to work on that. She also is VERY hard to wake up to get to eat...just like Carson was.

Pointing out and saying her body parts, lol

The best family picture we got.

Giving kisses

After her first bath

And all bundled up after her bath

Carson in the blinds

2010-06-12T11:16:00.001-07:00

Carson was being his usual funny self in the morning. This time he climbed into the window sill and was peeking out saying hi to me. I opened the blinds, and he was just loving it! He's too cute to get mad at sometimes, lol!

38 weeks

2010-06-09T15:22:00.000-07:00

38 weeks today! Hopefully less than 2 weeks to go!

5th Anniversary

2010-06-07T11:36:00.001-07:00

Chris surprised me for our anniversary this year (our 5th!). He got a room for the night at Cameo Heights Mansion (Bed and Breakfast). The place was absolutely gorgeous! The food was exquisite, too! We will definitely be going back some day, for sure. These are only a few pictures of the many I took. We were in the Germany room (each room was a different theme).

The loft in our room (which I didn't dare go up to)

Awesome tub!

More of the bathroom

Toilet/shower area

View from the door

View from the balcony

I had Chris go up to the loft to take some pictures

Our room from the balcony doors

Movie room

Back of the house

Front of the house

Shelby's graduation

2010-06-06T08:44:00.000-07:00

My baby sister, Shelby, graduated High School on June 4, 2010. Aww, she's not a baby anymore! OK, she hasn't been a baby for a long time, but she will always be my baby sister. :) Here are just a few pictures that I took that night.

Congratulations, Shelby!

Garbage can part three...

2010-06-03T14:57:00.000-07:00

...but I believe Jaden has forgotten he used to call it a garbage can. :) If you go back to my August 2009 posts you'll see what I mean. Both boys asked me to make a box (Jaden first, so of course Carson had to copy) out of the puzzle foam things. When I was done I put it over Carson. He didn't know what to think of it at first (even though he had been trying to get in beforehand).

He didn't know if he wanted to stay in, or if he wanted out.

He thought about getting out...

...and then he decided he liked being in it, so he went up to the TV to watch the show that was on.

37 weeks!

2010-06-02T18:59:00.000-07:00

I am 37 weeks today, which means I'm now considered full term! Kamryn can come at anytime now! I am so ready to be done with being pregnant, so I'm hoping she graces us with her presence very soon. :)

Balls

2010-05-25T15:00:00.000-07:00

We were at WalMart getting some things I forgot to put on the list for the other day, and the boys saw these huge balls. They had been really good, so I got one for each of them. Come nap time Carson just HAD to take his to bed with him, lol!

Jaden saw me take a picture of Carson, so he asked me to take a picture of himself...with his ball.

No sew fleece blankets!

2010-05-23T13:44:00.001-07:00

I have been wanting to make each of the kids one of these types of blankets for awhile now. We finally got the fleece last week and made Kami's blanket. It was our first try, and it didn't turn out perfect, but we still loved it. I couldn't tie the knots the way I wanted, so I had Chris tie all but about 5 knots.

You can tell the blanket really bunched up and is not a square. I think we did pretty darn good for our first time, though!

Because I can't seem to tie the knots the way I want them I didn't do another blanket during the week. The boys spent the night at Chris's parents' house on Saturday, so after Chris and I had dinner we did another blanket. I think this one is my favorite! It turned out much better than Kamryn's blanket, too.

While knotting the Wubbzy blanket Chris found that you could pull down a little on the knots. We tried this with Kamryn's blanket, after we were done with the Wubbzy blanket, and it worked! Kami's blanket is a square now!

We did the last blanket today, and it turned out pretty awesome, too! Too bad the boys fight over the Wubbzy blanket, lol. Our plan was to just let the boys pick a blanket each day/night and not assign them a certain one. We'll see how that goes the next few days.

And I don't know why the flash on the camera felt like doing this, but it made the back of the blanket look much lighter than it really is. You can clearly see, in the picture above, that the back is the darker blue.

Chris says he thinks it would be cool if I did these and sold them. I don't know if it would be worth it, though. I've looked at what the "buy it now" prices are on Ebay, and we'd be losing money. Maybe if I only did the cheaper fabrics (i.e. not the Wubbzy or Toy Story types - more like Kami's blanket) it would be worth it. We shall see if I choose to do this later on down the road. It was fun, though!

Tired Jaden

2010-05-21T13:57:00.001-07:00

I had a few errands to run today, so we did those after we all got showered, dressed and ready to go. I could tell Carson was getting tired in the car, but I was hoping we'd make it to Pasco to meed Daddy for lunch before Carson fell asleep. Both boys were up before 7am, so I knew we were pushing it time-wise. Well, Carson was dead asleep when we got to Daddy's work. When we got to Taco Bell (Jaden's choice) we tried to wake Carson up. It wasn't working - he was OUT! Chris went in and got us lunch and brought it back to the car. We ended up having a little picnic in the car. Right as we were about done Carson decides it's time to wake up, so we gave him his half of his and Jaden's lunch. I knew I was screwed for a nap today, because there was no way I would be able to get Carson down for a nap the rest of the day. I don't remember exactly what time it was - sometime after 1pm, though - I asked Jaden to go potty, because he hadn't since he got up for the morning. He said he didn't want a nap, and that he wasn't tired. I knew he was, but wasn't going to push it then. After going potty he sat back down on the couch, and within about 5 minutes he was asleep.

I put Jaden's blanky on him, and Carson kept trying to play with him. I think, by the time I took this picture, that Carson was pretending to be asleep, hehe. Both boys only ended up getting about a 30 minute nap today. Jaden's nap was probably a bit shorter due to Carson bugging him while he was sleeping.

Boys...

2010-05-20T17:35:00.001-07:00

Silly boys. They were playing in Carson's Toy Story chair with little basketball bath toys. Jaden was also trying to tickle Carson. They were having such a fun time!

Later on Carson got a hold of Daddy's computer and put it right up on his lap. He's just too cute sometimes. (Jaden was putting his sandals on to get ready and go get his hair cut.)

Jaden then wanted Daddy to take a picture of himself (Jaden) after his hair cut :)

35 weeks

2010-05-19T20:11:00.001-07:00

I am 35 weeks today, so here are some pictures! I think I have 2 shirts now that fit without showing my belly hanging out...mostly. This is not one of them, lol!

I did this picture to compare with me around the same gestation as I was with Carson.

Here's me at 35w4d with Carson. I guess I should've held my shirt under my belly in the picture above. It looks like I'm bigger with Carson, and maybe I was, but my belly is hanging quite a bit lower with Kamryn.

Tot-in-a-box

2010-05-17T19:54:00.001-07:00

Jaden was playing in a diaper box, and Carson was getting upset, because Jaden wouldn't share the box. I told Carson there was another box, ad to go get it. He got the box with such excitement and started playing in it. For awhile he was just sitting in it with a couple of the flaps folded in. I wanted to start folding laundry, so I put on Ni-hao Kai-Lan's trip to China. Carson got really excited and this is how he watched all of it.

After the first picture he had to say cheese, so I took another :)

Feeding the ducks!

2010-05-13T21:06:00.001-07:00

I decided to take the boys out to feed the ducks as a surprise to them. Chris's mom also came along. The boys loved throwing the bread! At first, Carson ran right up to the ducks - no fear. I think he got a little scared when the ducks were trying to take his animal cookies out of his hands. He did end up throwing the bread, but he never ventured closer to the ducks. Every time he'd throw the bread he'd say either "Gotcha!" or "Thank you" in Chinese (I have no clue how to spell it). I never did figure out which he was saying, because they both sound the same when he says them.

We then went to one of the playgrounds at the park for just a little bit. Carson's favorite part was the "bouncy bridge" thanks to Team Umizoomi (a show on Nick).

Mother's Day 2010

2010-05-10T20:49:00.001-07:00

As I do every year, I try to get pictures of the family on Mother's Day. I wanted to get the pictures before we ate, and before the boys got too dirty playing out back. Carson didn't want anything to do with pictures, because we first took him away from the water fountain, then we took him away from the sand table. I'm actually surprised Jaden actually smiled a good smile in a couple of them!

Kamryn moving in my belly

2010-05-06T14:59:00.001-07:00

Here's a short little video of Kamryn moving in my belly. I know it's not the best light, so it's kind of hard to see, but it's pretty cool to watch.

Carson then had to kiss my belly. :) It's a bit blurry, because I had to take the picture fast...before he moved.

How can he sleep like that?

2010-05-05T11:18:00.000-07:00

This was one day I didn't take a nap, so I ended up putting both boys down for a nap at around the same time. Usually I put Carson down first, then about 15-20 minutes (sometimes up to 30, but that's rarely these days) later I put Jaden down in his bed, in the same room. Well, because I pretty much put them to bed around the same time I let Jaden sleep in my bed. When I went to check on both boys this is how I found Jaden. I have no clue how he can sleep with a blanket all the way over his head and still be able to breathe OK. I'm sure he was keeping the light out, because I do that, too (but just have the blanket over my eyes, not my whole face), but I know I can't breathe as well with a blanket covering my whole face. Also, he HAD to have the sticker off his shirt when he took a nap, lol. He had it in his hand when I put him down for his nap, but I guess he felt like sticking it back on his shirt.

Tired, cranky, teething boy

2010-04-28T13:37:00.000-07:00

Last week we (Chris) took Carson to the ER at 4:30 in the morning, because he just wouldn't stop screaming. Right before bed he jammed a toothbrush into the back of his throat, so we were just thinking it was really hurting him. ER said he did have an abrasion on the back of his throat, but that he also had a double ear infection. The day before his last dose of medicine I thought he still had the ear infections, but his pediatrician said that if he was up and playing around after his screaming/tantrum-throwing fit then he was probably just fine. The other night Chris noticed Carson putting his finger to the back of his mouth and chewing on it. It finally hit us that he's teething his 2-year-old molars. Jaden was a pretty good teether. He never really fussed or had any other symptoms other than drooling a bit more and not eating as much. Carson has been a pretty good teether up until now. Now that we noticed he was chewing on his fingers we also thought maybe that's why he hasn't been chewing up his food. Lately he's just been putting it in his mouth, maybe chewing it a little, and spitting it out. Maybe that's because of his teeth trying to come in, and hopefully he'll be back to eating normal after it's all said and done. Well, last night he was screaming, once again, after we put him (and Jaden) to bed. Carson was banging, very hard, on the door, too. After I don't remember how long I decided to give him some Tylenol to see if that would help the pain. He came up on my lap and was snuggling, but wasn't falling asleep. You could tell he was trying to stay awake. After a little bit I had Chris go get Carson's blanky (which he has never cared about until this past week). We gave it to him, and he pretty much fell right to sleep. He also has one of my ear plugs in his left hand, lol. I hope these 4 teeth cut soon, because I don't know how many more screaming/tantrum-throwing nights and days I can handle. I want my happy boy back!

Belly and boys full of color

2010-04-27T19:46:00.000-07:00

I'm 31 weeks 6 days pregnant today, and I have, for sure, dropped. I waddle everywhere, and I'm just never comfortable anymore

Chris had to take a weird angle shot.

I feel like my belly is going to fall off.

Daddy is downstairs watching Hockey while I'm upstairs watching my shows and getting a break from the kids. We let Carson (because Jaden didn't want to color at the time) have markers (washable). I knew he'd color on himself...

...but I didn't expect Jaden to do the same. Jaden actually does know better, but I guess since he saw Carson doing it he thought it was alright for him to do it, too. At least Carson keeps it off his clothes. Jaden, however, decided to color on his shirt as well.

Carson's new lovie

2010-04-23T15:47:00.000-07:00

As I was putting Carson in his room for his nap today, he saw one of my ear plugs he got from my room last night. He insisted on having it, so I reluctantly gave it to him. A few seconds later I took it away, because I figured if he had it he wouldn't go to sleep, and he'd play with it instead. He screamed for it, so I decided I'd let him have it, but he if was still playing with it 5-10 minutes later I would go back into the room and take it from him. I never heard a noise from him after leaving his room. I put Jaden down for his nap 15 minutes later, and Carson was fast asleep...like this. Maybe it's his new lovie? He's never liked any other type of lovie, and this one's a bit odd, but whatever works, lol!

30 weeks!

2010-04-14T20:25:00.001-07:00

I am 30 weeks today! I am so hoping I have less than 10 weeks to go. I am so over being pregnant already, lol. My belly is so low and heavy already. I'm just done, lol.

Fun hair and a picnic

2010-04-11T13:46:00.001-07:00

Now that Carson's hair is shorter we can put it up in a Mohawk. The place where he grows the most hair is right where you'd do a Mohawk. I guess his hair is a little long to do a proper Mohawk, but it still works, for the most part. It does try to curl, but I think it's more so because the hair is just a tad too long.

I decided it would be fun to do Jaden's hair, too :)

Mini Rod Stewart?

Jaden was all about giving Carson kisses.

By the time I took the picture it looked like Jaden was trying to be "cool," or something.

It was such a beautiful day that we decided to have a picnic. The boys loved it!

Carson's hair from the top, full of dirt. The boys had been outside with Daddy all morning, and Carson threw dirt everywhere. He ended up getting hosed off with the shower head before his nap.

Jaden's hair from the top. Nothing special, lol.

First hair cut!

2010-04-06T13:54:00.001-07:00

I finally decided Carson's hair was getting way too out of control, so I went and got his hair cut. I didn't want to lose his curls he has in back, but on random days his hair is just frizzy it looked like a Mullet, and I couldn't handle that anymore, lol! This was him, at the hair salon, right before he got his first hair cut at 20 months old.

These are once we got home and started eating lunch. He looks like such a big boy now :(

The back of his hair still tries to curl, but it's too short to do so. It looks like it got cut at an angle, but that's just how his hair is, because it's trying to curl. I wish the rest of his hair curled, but oh well :)

Very sleepy Carson

2010-04-05T16:27:00.001-07:00

Carson had nearly a 3 hour nap, and when he woke up he was cranky. He usually wakes up cranky if he sleeps more than an hour and a half. He was screaming when he woke up (which woke me, up, as I was sleeping on the couch) and came right to me and into my lap. He was being very quiet, so I took the camera and took a picture to see if he had randomly fallen asleep. I guess he wasn't ready to wake up. He took at least another 20 minute nap on my belly.

I wasn't ready do wake up, either, lol. I could barely keep my eyes open.

Easter 2010

2010-04-04T17:56:00.001-07:00

We dyed eggs on Saturday. Jaden had fun, but Carson didn't really enjoy himself.

Carson liked it at first.

He then got mad at me for telling him to keep his hands out to let the egg get dyed. I suppose he was also mad at me for telling him not to drink the vinegar, lol.

Jaden was loving every minute of it.

Carson was all done. He just wasn't having fun being told no. I guess I should've just let him use his hands *sigh*.

Carson was on my lap, laying his head on my belly, because he was upset. After Daddy washed out the dye cups, and gave one to Carson, he was all better.

Our eggs. The "M", for Mommy, didn't turn out, though.

The boys' Easter baskets. We went "ghetto" this year, because we couldn't find what we were going to actually put in their baskets. I guess that's what we get for waiting until the last minute, lol.

Jaden finding eggs in our backyard.

Carson finding eggs in our backyard.

Here's a video of the boys finding eggs in our backyard. It's mostly of Carson, because he was just too cute saying, "I got it!" over and over again.

Carson finding eggs at GG's house.

He was just so excited!

Jaden finding eggs at GG's house.

While getting this egg, Carson was saying hi to the dog on the other side.

Both boys woke up around 6:45 a.m. Carson was very ready for a nap around 10:00 a.m. We got to my grandma's at 11:00 a.m., ate a bit after that, went on the egg hunt, then we went home. It takes about 5 minutes to get from my grandma's house to our house, and Carson was passed out about 3 minutes into the drive.

Jaden was very tired, too, but he was trying to pretend he wasn't.

After a very short nap, Carson woke up and sat on Daddy's lap for a really long time. They even shared crackers. (Daddy was playing a video game.)

Egg hunt time at Grandma and Papa Charles' house!

Carson was still saying, "I got it!"

***Edited April 5, 2010.***

Directly after breakfast, the day after Easter, Carson climbed up on the table and got the candy down. He was very proud of himself. He did this all day.

Down for the count

2010-04-03T13:25:00.000-07:00

It was almost bath time, and Jaden was laying on the floor watching something on TV. Carson just came up to Jaden and plopped down on him. For once Jaden didn't mind and just let Carson do it.

This was right after Carson stood up and plopped down, hard, onto Jaden. Again, Jaden just let it happen and didn't care.

Carson singing

2010-03-30T09:15:00.001-07:00

Carson loves Wubbzy. We have almost every episode on DVR, and we even have some DVDs. This one DVD has his new favorite song on it, and this is him singing it. I should've taped it the day before, because he actually sang a lot of it, but oh well. This is still way cute. :)

Finger painting and ice cream cones!

2010-03-26T14:56:00.001-07:00

We started the day with Color Wonder finger paints. The boys liked the idea at first, but then started getting bored of it, because the colors weren't showing up on the paper fast enough.

Carson got mad, because I freaked out when he put his fingers, full of "clear" paint, in his mouth. I know the stuff's non-toxic, but I still freaked out. This was him after a couple times of me telling him not to put his fingers in his mouth.

Jaden wanted a picture, too.

Later in the day, after naps, we all had ice cream cones.

Carson devoured his.

He even stopped eating to say cheese (like he always does).

Jaden, on the other hand, said he didn't like the ice cream cone, so he scooped the ice cream out with his finger instead.

Carson then took Jaden's ice cream cone, after Jaden got down from the table, and proceeded to polish it off.

"All done!"

Day at the park

2010-03-23T16:57:00.001-07:00

A good friend of mine was in town for a brief visit, and we went to Howard Amon Park. It was right at nap time for Carson, and he did end up falling asleep on the way there, but we played our little hearts out anyway. I didn't get to take many pictures, because I was chasing mostly Carson around the whole time, so these are the two pictures I actually got.

First day of Spring 2010

2010-03-20T18:41:00.001-07:00

We finally got the swing set put back up! It was a nice day, and I pretty much begged Chris to at least try to do it without his dad. Actually, all I was hoping for was to get the main part (the play area with the slide) leveled out, but I got the whole thing! The boys were very happy, too. Carson hated, and I mean HATED the baby swing last year, but seems to be OK with it now. He even stopped to say "cheese!".

I don't know what this expression was, but he's just too cute. :)

After Carson was done swinging this was his place for the remainder of the time we were outside...

...until we got the trampoline the rest of the way up (I was putting it together while Chris was putting the finishing touches on the swing set).

Jaden was scared to DEATH of the trampoline last year, but LOVES it now! Carson has always liked it.

Don't worry - Carson wasn't crying - he was laughing up a storm. :)

Beautiful day!

2010-03-19T17:36:00.001-07:00

It was beautiful today! It's actually been pretty nice here for awhile now, but on the really nice days I always had something to do, so the kids never got to play outside. Well, today we finally got out. We first went down the street a bit with the boys' new rides (Carson's is in the post before this, and Jaden got a fire truck), then we stopped off in the backyard when we got back home. Carson felt like "painting" the fence first.

Carson then realized that Jaden was playing in the sand...with cars!

Carson was putting his hands in the sand and flinging his arms backwards, resulting in sand going everywhere. He was might proud of himself, too.

Stopping to say cheese.

Jaden said cheese, but the sun was too bright for him.

Carson's new ride

2010-03-16T11:19:00.001-07:00

Carson got a new ride yesterday, and he absolutely loves it! We got this for Carson so he was entertained in something while I/we try to teach Jaden how to at least pedal his bike. I tried, one day, to help teach Jaden to pedal his bike, and it was hell trying to keep track of Carson at the same time. I had to end up holding Carson, which was very uncomfortable on my pregnant belly while trying to pull Jaden's bike with a towel (just gently - to get him to keep pedaling forward instead of backwards, hitting the breaks). That didn't do much good, because I just wanted to go back inside after that. So! I hope this car will do the trick. It has a handle on the back so I can push him if need be. I think I'm done trying the towel method with Jaden.

Climbing back in. He rarely uses the door to go in and out.

Watching TV

No clue what's up with this face.

"Cheese."

The Curious Case of Carson and the Do-Rag

2010-03-14T11:39:00.000-07:00

Carson was begging for anyone to put this do-rag on one night. He ended up begging again the next day, so I figured out how to do it. It wasn't hard, but it had been a very long time since I had done one, so I was a little rusty. He was super happy once I got it on him. He went into his ball pit and started playing in there. I got out the camera, because I thought he looked so adorable in his do-rag.

After he heard the camera take the first picture he finished getting in, turned around and said, "Wiskey!" (Thanks Papa ;) )

He then started posing, and I told him to say cheese. This is him saying, "Say cheese!"

And this is him saying only, "Cheese!" What a cutie!

Carson's undressing himself?

2010-03-13T09:17:00.000-08:00

By now you know we always check on the boys before we go to bed. Mainly, I make sure Carson has covers on, because he hasn't quite learned how to do that yet. This is how I found him the other night. He had no covers on (as usual), and one of his arms was completely out of his shirt. Every time he wears these pajamas he's always trying to undress himself. I think it's because these pajamas are more loose fitting than all of his other pajamas. Chris put Carson's arm back in, and Carson didn't even move. He was OUT!

25 weeks!

2010-03-12T08:28:00.000-08:00

These were taken yesterday when I was 21 weeks 1 day pregnant. I'd say I can't believe I'm over halfway done, but I can. It seems like I've been pregnant forever, lol. Maybe that has something to do with having all three kids so close together, so it feels like I've never NOT been pregnant. I can't believe Kami is sitting so low already. It feels like I've already dropped, but this is how I've been this whole time (I think, lol).

Here I am at 25w1d with Carson. Crazy how much lower I am with Kami at the same gestation!

Carson, and the ball pit...

2010-03-10T18:44:00.001-08:00

...they go way back, to Christmas 2009. ;) He just loves this thing. He knew it was close to bath time, so he got in his ball pit and attempted to bury himself in the 150 (maybe less by now) balls it has in it. He was just chillin' in there. It was so cute! He also, of course, had to "pose" for the camera, lol.

Boys on the computer

2010-03-09T12:13:00.000-08:00

Now that Chris's computer has been fixed as much as it's going to get fixed, Jaden has started to play on it again. It used to be on the dinner table with an actual mouse, but Chris has now taught Jaden how to use the laptop mouse. Jaden now plays his games everyday. Carson was intrigued, and tried to take over the laptop at first, but ended up sitting and watching.

And, of course, after he heard the first picture take, he said, "Say cheese!" and cheesed for the next picture.

Bike!

2010-03-08T09:20:00.001-08:00

We went to get our snow tires taken off of both our cars Sunday, and we were told it was going to be about an hour wait for just one car. We ran around for about 50 minutes and came back to see when the other car could get done. We were about to put the car seats into the Honda when Chris's dad walks through the door to the waiting area. We ended up going to his trailer behind the car wash next door, and the boys had a blast! They both wanted up on Papa's motorcycle (Jaden's words), so we put them up there. They didn't get down for well over 30 minutes, I'd say.

Carson saw a "hat" on the ground and wanted it on.

Jaden then wanted "his" helmet on, because Carson had one on.

After quite awhile Carson got down to run around. He was having a ball climbing on the big landscaping rocks, and hell, just getting to roam free and run around. It sure did tucker the boys out. We got home, had a little late of a lunch (later than the boys are used to, anyway), and put the boys down for a nap. Carson took over a 3 hour nap! I need to take them outside and wear them out more often, lol.

Comfy much?

2010-03-03T11:37:00.001-08:00

Ever since Kamryn's nursery has been mostly painted, and the toys mostly gone out of there, the boys just love being in there now. I had given them an early snack, and this is how and where I found them. They were just chillin' on Jaden's little couch, with their feet up on the dresser, eating their Gogurts.

Kamryn's nursery stripes

2010-03-01T10:56:00.001-08:00

Kamryn's stripes are finished! I know it looks a little Victoria's Secret-ish, but we love it. This is the wall the crib will be on.

Window wall

Closet and dresser wall (we will be painting the door to the hallway white)

And here's the dresser, which we absolutely LOVE!!! Can't wait for a non-damaged crib to get here, so we can put it together!

I believe all that's left to paint now is the chair rail and the ceiling. We don't even know that the ceiling has even ever been painted before. We think it was just plastered, so a nice new coat, or two, of white paint should make it look TONS better.

Another napping Carson

2010-02-26T08:54:00.000-08:00

I went to check in on Carson, to make sure he had covers on, and this is how I found him. He usually never tries to get out of his room (I lock it from the outside), but this day he did. I ignored it, like always (even though always is rare). Well, when I opened the door when I went to check on him, I instantly smelled dirty diaper. I instantly felt horrible for not seeing why he was trying to get out of his room (and crying a little). If you look, you can even see he got out a diaper. I was heart broken. I felt so bad! This was only about 20 minutes into his nap, so there was no way I was letting him go the rest of his nap with a dirty diaper. I changed it, and he was only, at most, half awake by the end, but it took him forever to get back to sleep (I put him back on his bed with the covers on him).

Rough housing kiddos

2010-02-25T08:10:00.001-08:00

Before bed, Jaden and Carson were wound up. They always get wound up right after baths. This time they were all about chasing each other and rough housing like little boys do. They were having so much fun, and it really wore them out (which was a good thing, considering it was bedtime). Carson was actually being a faker in this video. He was only screaming so he could get up, run, and do it all over again (or maybe get on Jaden). I should've taken the video minutes before I did, because then you would see Carson was all about tackling Jaden as well.

Fun at the playground

2010-02-17T17:04:00.000-08:00

It was one of the first nice days, so I decided to take the boys to one of the nearby playgrounds. By the time we got there it was a bit colder, because it was after 4pm, but the boys couldn't have cared less. They were all about playing and getting out of the house. They had so much fun!

This was when I said it was time to go. I should've taken the picture seconds before, because then you would've seen the fit Carson was throwing. Neither boy want to go home, but their poor little hands were frozen, and their little noses were running. This is Carson watching Jaden run back to the playground, because some other little boys had just arrived.

Cupid's Cups

2010-02-15T16:18:00.000-08:00

A friend of mine showed me this website, and I just had to make them! I tried to melt chocolate chips, but the first time I tried I caught them on fire in the microwave. The second time I tried to melt the chocolate chips I tried on the stove. I guess I overheated them. So, I decided to fore go the chocolate hearts on the inside of the cups. I can't, honestly, say I made these, though. I had Chris do the bottom part while I made breakfast on Sunday, then I had Chris do the top part before we went to run errands so they would be ready after the boys' naps. I suppose I can take credit on putting the M&M's on top, lol. I guess you shouldn't wait until Valentine's Day to get Valentine's candy. A lesson learned for next year! These are absolutely delicious, too!

Jaden can read!...kind of :)

2010-02-14T15:12:00.000-08:00

I meant to post this the other day, but the last part of the week has been very busy! I was in the boys' room putting sheets back on their beds, and I hear Jaden reading a book. I finished what I was doing (I was almost done), and came out to the living room to take a video. What a smart little boy!

Body parts

2010-02-09T08:34:00.000-08:00

Carson knows quite a few of his body parts, and I got it on video yesterday. I should've taken the video a few minutes earlier when I was asking him to show me where they were, because he did and said every single one of them (of the ones I asked) perfectly on the first try. I think he was just sick of doing it by the time I got the camera out, lol.

Painting!

2010-02-08T08:29:00.000-08:00

We let the boys paint for the first time yesterday (other than pumpkins). They had a blast! They both threw quite the tantrum when we said it was time to get washed up.

If you point your finger at Carson he'll point his finger at you and walk (or run) to you to make fingers touch.

20 weeks 3 days

2010-02-07T15:03:00.001-08:00

These pictures were taken yesterday when I was 20w3d.

At it again!

2010-02-06T20:55:00.001-08:00

The other night Carson was at it again. When Chris and I went to bed this is how we found the boys. I think Carson must do this after Jaden is asleep, because otherwise I don't know that Jaden would allow it, lol.

I heard a crash

2010-01-31T14:20:00.001-08:00

So, I put Carson down for his nap before Jaden today, because I want to try something else out. Lately, every time I put the boys down for their naps they end up playing for well over an hour. This whole past week I have been ending up putting Jaden in my bed (after going into their room and putting them back in bed and telling them it's not playtime, but nap time. Sometimes I want a nap, too, and Jaden always sleeps on my side of the bed, so I end up not being able to take a nap (I'm very picky, I guess). Well, today was supposed to be the first day of my new trial - put Carson down for his nap first, and when he's asleep put Jaden down...in his own bed. Carson took over 30 minutes to fall asleep today, so I ended up just putting Jaden in my bed, because I wanted to take a shower. I didn't want to put Jaden in his room if Carson was still awake, because that would just make them stay awake even longer. I had heard a crash about 15 minutes before I went to take my shower, but Carson didn't start crying, so I just let it be. After my shower I went to check on Carson, and this is what I found. He had gotten into one of the drawers full of jammies (yes, they have two drawers - one for footies and one for jammies without feet, as for a little warmer weather). I guess he wanted to play in that drawer and with the jammies. As you can see, he did fall asleep...just not in his bed, lol! Too cute, though. :)

It's a...

2010-01-28T20:26:00.001-08:00

Girl!!! She was very modest and didn't open her legs much at all, so this is the best picture we got. But as you can see, there's nothing poking out. ;) Chris immediately told me I will have an allowance, lol. I honestly didn't think I bought as many clothes for the boys (mostly Jaden), but when we moved all the clothes bins I was in shock at how many clothes we had for them! I know that if I was like that with boy clothes I will be WAY worse with girl clothes! Girls clothes are just cuter in general, and there's MUCH more to choose from!

The ultrasound tech also got a lot of other great pictures of our little girl. These are just a few. She gave me 15 total!

18w4d belly

2010-01-26T15:58:00.000-08:00

This picture was taken this past Sunday. I was 18w4d that day. At my last Doctor appointment my Doctor rolled in an ultrasound machine to see if he could take a guess at the gender. I was 17w6d, so very good odds to get a decent shot at the gender. My Doctor did this around the same gestation when I was pregnant with Carson and guessed boy, and Carson sure is a boy! Well, this time my Doctor guessed girl! He said he was 98% sure! We should find out, for sure this Thursday, if we are indeed having a little girl.

A birthday party at Chuck E. Cheese

2010-01-25T13:04:00.000-08:00

We went to a birthday party yesterday, and it was at Chuck E. Cheese. Jaden was beyond ecstatic. Everyday since we got the birthday invitation he asked if we were going back to Chuck E. Cheese (we had gone at the beginning of the month with my dad, and he remembered). I only got two pictures yesterday, as it was very busy, but oh well.

Here's Carson playing the "toddler whack,"

and here are the boys in the fire truck. They had lots of fun!

I couldn't help but laugh

2010-01-24T08:09:00.001-08:00

Again, like usual, I went to check on the boys on my way to bed, and this is how I found them. Carson just cracks me up! I have no clue how he can fall asleep like this, and not fall off the bed, but he made it work. Chris and I just couldn't stop laughing last night!

The boys running around chasing each other

2010-01-22T09:43:00.000-08:00

Carson had a book that Jaden wanted, so Jaden was chasing Carson trying to get it. That is how these videos began. If you listen closely to the first video you can hear Carson say, "I'm gonna get you!" All the rest of the times he says, "Get you! Get you! Get you!" They went on running around and chasing each other for well over half an hour.

Carson is so funny

2010-01-18T22:05:00.001-08:00

It had been awhile since Carson had fallen asleep with Jaden in Jaden's bed. This was taken a week and a half ago, but this is how the boys fell asleep that night. Too funny!

How is this comfortable?

2010-01-06T18:13:00.001-08:00

Yep, Carson's asleep. Before Chris and I go to bed for the night I always go in the boys' room to check on the boys and make sure Carson has covers. This is how I found Carson. I heard the boys playing, and apparently Carson just couldn't make it all the way up onto his bed when he decided he was too tired to play in the dark anymore. I just don't know how this is comfortable at all, but kids will be kids, I suppose - fall asleep anywhere, in any position.

Jaden's 3rd birthday party!

2010-01-05T20:23:00.001-08:00

Jaden had a lot of fun at his birthday party. Some (not all) of his friends came over, and all they wanted to do was play in the bouncy house (which is why we had it there in the first place).

Jaden was giving his cousin, Owen, kisses. I got the picture when he was going in for the kill.

After awhile we decided to let the two little ones in by themselves for a bit. This way the big kids didn't have to keep being told to "watch out for the babies."

Owen was getting really excited, so I had my mom take a picture. Too bad Owen turned off his excited look right before the picture, lol.

Jaden's Wubbzy cake! Chris did a great job!

I think Jaden was really excited to eat his Wubbzy cake ;)

Carson enjoying some cake and ice cream

Jaden enjoying his cake and ice cream right before he spilled his punch all over himself

After a change of clothes Jaden started opening his presents.

I wish I captured his face when he first saw the bike. I wasn't thinking of getting on the other side of him, though.

Carson was doing a James Dean look. He did NOT want to get off the bike. He threw quite the tantrum.

Bouncy house fun!

2009-12-31T20:00:00.001-08:00

A few days before Jaden's birthday party we decided to bring the bouncy house to Chris's parents' house. Chris and his mom moved a couple chairs around, and the bouncy house fit wonderfully in the living room! Carson was weary at first, but he ended up LOVING it! Both boys did NOT want to leave when it was nap time. We tried to feed them lunch before we went home for naps, but neither of them ate much; they just wanted to go back to playing.

This was Carson's favorite thing to do - slide down the slide!

A very tired Carson

Tonight

2009-12-29T21:04:00.001-08:00

Carson was really tired, so we put him to bed by himself (we usually put the boys to bed at the same time). When I went to put Jaden to bed (after playing a game of Candy Land) this is where I found Carson.

After I got my camera and took a picture of Carson, Jaden wanted me to take a picture of him. He asked to sleep in Carson's bed since Carson was sleeping in his. This is how Jaden posed for the picture, lol.

Christmas 2009

2009-12-25T20:50:00.001-08:00

Christmas was great! The boys got way too much stuff, as usual, but they are having fun with everything, which is all that matters!

Carson when he saw the gifts under the tree

Jaden when he saw the gifts under the tree

Carson turned around to tell me, very excitedly, "It's the Wow Wow!"

Jaden's stocking stuff

Carson's stocking stuff (in the back) with a couple other gifts of his

The boys opening their big gift from Santa - a bouncy house!

Jaden opening one of his gifts

Carson opening what Jaden calls "the clock train." Carson's ball pit with extra balls is to the side.

Probably the best picture I've gotten of Jaden in a long time!

Carson sitting in his new chair playing with his new slippers

Our big gift this year (gotta love Black Friday!)

The boys' big gift from Grandma and Papa Charles

Our stuff from my mom's house

Jaden playing with his Home Depot stuff he got from Grandma and Papa Charles

Carson playing with one of Jaden's gifts from us. I think he liked drawing on himself more than the table, lol.

Jaden still playing with his Home Depot stuff

(Updated December 26, 2009)

The boys playing with their new Christmas stuff

The boys playing nice (it's a dry-erase table, don't worry)

Carson playing with Jaden's toys. This drill is his favorite!

I think it's becoming a nightly routine

2009-12-24T09:53:00.000-08:00

This is how I found the boys last night before Chris and I headed to bed. It was a new place for Carson, so I took yet another picture. We actually moved him to his own bed last night, because we were afraid he'd roll right off the bed. I woke up at 4:40am to Carson talking. Every time I wake up at night (usually every two hours) I go in their room and pull up the covers on Carson. I didn't do that at 4:40am this morning, because Carson was talking. I was hoping it was in his sleep, so I waited a bit. At 5:00am I decided he had been quiet long enough, so I went in the bedroom. His talking at 4:40am was him talking to Jaden as he (Carson) climbed back up onto Jaden's bed and into his "normal" spot by the corner of the wall. How stinking adorable is that?! And no, I did not take a picture at 5 o'clock in the morning. ;)

Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!

2009-12-23T19:49:00.001-08:00

Jaden said he wanted a Wubbzy cake for his birthday, so Chris wanted to try making a very miniature version. We cheated on the "black" frosting (it looks brown) and used canned icing. The pound cake was falling apart (only had come out of the oven maybe an hour before Chris tried cutting the pieces), so this is how it turned out. Chris also didn't do Wubbzy's feet, because the cake was falling apart so bad. Also, the canned icing comes out way too fast, as you see on Wubbzy's tail, lol. He got the hang of it afterwords, but it's still a pain in the butt. Carson saw the cake and said, "It's the wow wow!" Carson absolutely loves Wubbzy, so I think it was a success!

Last night...

2009-12-22T20:56:00.001-08:00

...Carson fell asleep in Jaden's bed again. I went to check on the boys and make sure Carson had covers on, and he wasn't in his bed. This is how I found them. I know I pretty much just posted pictures like this, but I thought it was so cute how Jaden had his arm on Jaden.

I don't know how it is comfortable to sleep how Carson is sleeping, lol. His arm/wrist had to be killing him!

Carson also fell asleep in Jaden's bed tonight, too. Maybe it's going to become regular.

What we've been up to lately

2009-12-21T20:59:00.000-08:00

So, I started a blog a couple weeks ago, and I never got around to actually doing anything with it. We got wrapped up in more unpacking and cleaning stuff around the house and getting the basement ready to be a playroom. I was also still in my first trimester of this third pregnancy, and when the boys napped I was napping as well. I was just too tired and exhausted to do a whole lot of anything else.

Here is Carson sitting in the crock pot. Sure enough, the second I go to get my camera he starts to get out. He was all the way sitting down in it, silly boy.

After I took a picture of Carson, Jaden asked me to take his picture. He's so weird when he gets his picture taken these days.

This was after baths one night. Carson had sneaked over to Daddy's computer (Chris stuck the sticker on Carson's head). This is his cheeser picture,

and this is him thinking he knows what he's doing, lol.

This was the following night around 6:15pm. Yes, they are the same pj's as the above picture - we had a pajama day. Carson had refused and refused his second nap, and he was non-stop screaming. I couldn't take it anymore, so I gave in and offered to nurse him. He gladly took it and passed out in less than a minute. He only took maybe a 30 minute nap, but it was a much needed 30 minute nap. I didn't want him taking a much longer nap, anyway, because I wanted him to go to bed at a decent hour.

This is the boys jumping on their beds. I had stripped the beds so I could wash their sheets, and when I came back upstairs they were having so much fun, so I took a video.

This day Carson was having a ball playing in the stroller.

He was having so much fun he was saying, "Weeeeee, weeeeee!"

Oh so cute!

2009-12-01T08:34:00.001-08:00

Carson didn't have too much trouble going to bed last night (usually he screams bloody murder). He was all about playing, which usually means getting up onto Jaden's bed. When we finally went to bed I checked on the boys to make sure they had covers on. This is how I found them. How cute is that?!?! Carson absolutely loves being on Jaden's bed, and he loves Jaden so much (follows him around everywhere, too).

Chris just pulled the covers up on the boys and put an extra blanket on top of the covers (their room gets sooooo cold when the door stays shut, and we're keeping it shut until Carson learns to sleep through the night yet again). Carson slept there until he woke up at 2:20am. He then went to his own bed after screaming for a couple minutes.

Thanksgiving 2009

2009-11-27T18:48:00.001-08:00

First, we had a late lunch at my grandma's house. The food was absolutely delicious! This is the only good picture I got while there. Jaden and Jordan were having fun rocking the recliner.

We then had dinner at Chris's parents' house, although none of us really ate a whole lot (I think I ate the most out of us 4). We were all still pretty stuffed from our late lunch. This is the only good picture of all of us. The boys just would not cooperate.

First Dr. appointment and ultra sound

2009-11-23T18:34:00.000-08:00

I had my first Dr. appointment for baby number 3 today, and he rolled in a mini ultra sound machine to check that everything was going well. He did 3 measurements (which you see at the bottom of the last picture - the due dates), and the best measurement he got was this last one. He said he was just going to keep my due date as June 23, 2010! 30 weeks and 2 days left! Baby's doing great! And yes, there's only one in there, despite what Jaden thinks ;)

Computer time

2009-11-21T18:55:00.000-08:00

We finally found a mouse out of all the boxes we still haven't unpacked (and don't have a need to for quite awhile) for Jaden to use on Chris's laptop. Jaden loves playing his Nick Jr. games. Carson decided he'd get in on the action, too. He thinks he is such a big boy climbing and sitting in big boy chairs like a big boy.

Playroom

2009-11-20T10:25:00.001-08:00

I finally broke out the chalk for the boys to play with in their new playroom (will eventually be the nursery for the new baby). We painted the bottom of the room in chalkboard paint, and the boys were having a blast!

Once a thief, always a thief

2009-11-17T12:18:00.001-08:00

Carson, once again, climbed up Jaden's chair and started eating Jaden's cereal. He was just so darn proud of himself, lol.

Birthday at Gymnastics

2009-11-16T08:22:00.001-08:00

Jaden, Carson and I went to a friend's daughter's 4th birthday party on Saturday (I took time off from moving/unpacking to take the boys). The party was at a gymnastics place, and the boys had so much fun!

Jaden found out that trampolines are fun and nothing to be afraid of.

Carson learned how to spin himself.

Carson was in love with this huge soccer ball.

Flirting with the girls :)

Carson loved the rope. I gave him a ride, but I couldn't take a picture, as I had both hands holding him up.

Pausing to say cheese.

Fun with a bow.

I thought this picture came out funny.

Carson enjoying his very mini cupcake.

All tuckered out

2009-11-06T11:58:00.001-08:00

Both boys woke up this morning around 7:10am. We have been going to story time at the library every Friday for a little over a month, so I was trying to do that today, too. We go to the 10am story time, and I also needed to go to the bank to get our payoff amount for closing. I knew going to story time would be a bad idea, since I knew Carson was already so tired and ready for a nap, but we went anyway. I couldn't put off going to the bank, so we went there directly afterwords. That took forever, and sucked. I hate bringing the kids inside the bank, because they think they have free reign, and they also don't like to be held. After we were finally done with the bank I was a mean mommy and made an early lunch so all of us could take a nap at the same time. I didn't get a nap yesterday, and I really needed one, which made me even more tired today. Jaden had finished his lunch and was in the living room while I was eating my sandwich. I thought it was a bit quiet in the kitchen (Carson doesn't like it if he's in there alone and lets you know). I told myself I'd finish my sandwich (I was almost done) and then check on him. I then heard a noise from the kitchen, so I was sure he was still awake. I get done eating my sandwich and go to the kitchen, and Carson was out cold! I guess the noise I heard was his sippy tipping over as his head flopped down. Poor guy. it was too cute not to take pictures, though. Neither of my kids have ever done that before! I wiped him off with wipies, and he didn't even wake up. I put him in bed, and I thought I got lucky to be able to take a nap. Five minutes after I put him in bed (still didn't move when I put him in bed) he came out of his room with all the energy in the world. This made me sad. I put Jaden down for his nap at noon, and he didn't even fight it. He had no nap yesterday, and he woke up so early today, I knew he was tired. Well, Carson didn't fall back asleep until 1:20pm. He had been back in his room since 12:30pm playing. I realized he had a poopy diaper, so I changed him, and I thought he'd go to sleep after that, but nope! Oh well, he did finally fall asleep, and I got my nap...kind of. I laid in bed for what seemed like forever. I tossed and turned, and finally when I got on my back I fell asleep. Seems to be the only way that will put me to sleep if I'm having troubles falling asleep when I'm in my first trimester.

Sleepy boy

2009-11-03T17:39:00.000-08:00

I put Carson to bed after lunch (and nursing). He was awake, but very tired when I put him in bed. When I checked on him before I went to take a nap, this is how he was. He has never put anything in his mouth when going to sleep - that's Jaden. I just thought this was so cute. He also must have pulled the covers up a bit to do it, too, because I didn't have them pulled up quite that far.

Swings

2009-11-02T19:36:00.000-08:00

I decided to take the boys outside after lunch so they could get out some energy. I was really tired and wanted a nap, so I needed both boys to go down at the same time. It worked! I even slept for a couple hours, which never happens.

Halloween 2009

2009-11-01T18:26:00.001-08:00

Halloween day was a very long day for everyone. We went to Disney on Ice at 11am, went back to Grandma's for naps, dressed up to go trick-or-treating in the Ranch and Home parking lot, got back to have dinner, then went to my mom's house and went trick-or-treating to a couple houses, went home and trick-or-treated at a few more houses on our block, then we went home for baths and bed. While we were doing all of this (before we left to go to my mom's house) Chris was working on the new house.

Ranch and Home parking lot - waiting in the very long line.

All done trick-or-treating (so wasn't worth it), and Jaden got to get on a firetruck! He was in heaven!

Then he got to go INSIDE the firetruck. It took forever to get him out, lol.

Carson sucking on a lolly pop.

At my mom's. Carson wasn't very happy.

Last house before we went home!

Walking home!

I just love this picture!

Disney on Ice

2009-10-31T17:39:00.001-07:00

The boys, Chris's mom and I went to Disney on Ice today. It was absolutely awesome! Jaden was absolutely in love with Mickey and the gang and the Cars characters.

Mater! If you could have seen Jaden's face when the cars started coming out. It was priceless!

Sally!

Flo!

Ramon!

Jaden's eyes were glued to the ice.

Lightning McQueen!

Next up was The Little Mermaid. I sang the whole time, lol. Here's Ariel and Flounder. I believe they were singing "Part of Your World" here.

"Under the Sea"

No pictures of Ursela came out. This was the best I got because of me dropping my camera a month ago.

Ariel is human.

They sang "Kiss the Girl" right before this. This was the ending.

The Lion King. "I Just Can't Wait to be King" This is Simba and Nala. I sang through this whole part of the show, too, lol.

More of "I Just Can't Wait to be King"

"Be Prepared" This is Scar and the three hyenas.

This is either when the herd was coming down the mountain to get Simba (when Mufassa dies), or it's at the end durring "Circle of Life." I don't remember.

More of "Circle of Life"

I think Jaden's watched The Lion King once...once at our house, anyway. He seemed to like this part of the show, too, though.

Grandma had to take Carson out for a little bit, because he finally got restless on our laps. He came back with this! (It was now intermission.)

We are now at Tinkerbell's part of the show. I believe it was Pixie Hollow. Jaden wasn't too into it, lol.

Tinkerbell saved Spring.

I have a lot more pictures of each part of the show, especially Tinkerbell, because it was the longest, but I would've been uploading pictures forever, lol. I did also take some short videos of each part of the show. I am going to be lazy and put the videos at the end of the blog instead of finding exactly where they go between the pictures, though, lol.

Hideout

2009-10-29T13:24:00.001-07:00

Carson found a new hideout. He thought this was the coolest place to be. He's such a cheese ball.

Halloween party at the library

2009-10-28T17:57:00.001-07:00

Today was our library's Halloween party for the kids. All the kids got to dress up, watch a couple short episodes of Halloween Max & Ruby, go on a costume parade through the library (our library just got renovated, so it was cool to see the new library), then make some crafts. They even got goodie bags (pencil, eraser, and a couple small candies).

This is Carson (Buzz Lightyear) wanting the crafts after Max & Ruby was over.

Jaden (Woody)

Jaden admiring his lantern (OK, I made it)

Carson was off with the dogs while Jaden and I were making a lantern.

He was absolutely in love with the dogs, or as he calls them, "Ti-eee" (ti, as in tiff, meaning kitty to Carson).

Pumpkin carving/painting 2009

2009-10-27T21:16:00.000-07:00

We had a fun night tonight! As the older kids were gutting the pumpkins the younger kids painted a pumpkin. Jordan, Jaden and Carson had a little too much fun. The paint got everywhere! Jaden decided to start hitting the pumpkin with his paintbrush, which is what got the paint everywhere...and I mean everywhere.

Melissa (can't see her face), Mom, Shelby, and Joseph gutting and carving.

Carson decided to dip his face into the paint.

Jaden was trying to help.

Carson started eating the top of one of the pumpkins.

Carson kept on gnawing on the pumpkin, so Jordan had to try it.

Carson was saying, "Mmmmm!" over and over.

Cupcake time! Jaden and Jordan got to pick the sprinkles they wanted. I did Carson's myself.

Carson devoured his cupcake, even after smashing it to the table.

Carson wanted his diaper off.

He really wanted his diaper off, lol. I guess he thought because he got so messy painting and got a bath after that, he thought he'd get a bath immediately after eating his cupcake.

My pumpkin with the flash...

...and without. We only had one itty bitty fake light, so this is the best it looked.